Oscars 2012

While the Oscars didn’t have any musical performances by any of the nominated songs, music still played an important roll as the night unfolded — from the walk on songs to the fades in and out from commercials to the touching moments of montages, music drove the anticipation and drama of the evening. And it was all thanks to Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer, who co-wrote all the music for the ceremony as musical consultants for the Oscars. We were lucky enough to catch Pharrell on the red carpet where he joked that he’d been hired by the Oscars to, “Hand out water and pass out the peanuts and popcorn.” Decked out in dashing Lanvin, Pharrell excitedly described the huge process of creating the score for the Oscars; “To be able to do the music it’s 120 different pieces, we had a huge team and piles and piles of sheet music, it reminded me of high school,” and added, “I’m very appreciative of this opportunity, it’s an experience you cant pay for.” If you want to see more of our Oscars coverage head over to The Fab Life!

Unfortunately, there were no performances at the Oscars by the two Music (Original Song) nominees. With Bret McKenzie winning the award for “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, we would have liked to see Jason Segel and his felt friends on stage for a rendition of the song (the Oscars thought they could satiate us with a very bizarre Cirque de Soleil performance, but they were wrong). McKenzie beat out musicians Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and lyricist by Siedah Garrett for their song “Real In Rio” from Rio. In his acceptance speech, McKenzie thanked Jim Henson and co. for the “magical world” of the Muppets, saying it was “a true honor to work in the shadows of such legends.” McKenzie also adorably gave a shout out to Kermit The Frog, saying, “He’s just a normal frog, and like many stars here, he’s a lot shorter in real life.”